Please ask me to be the emperor

Tuo Yangkun is nicknamed "Scorpion Block", which sounds strange at first glance.

Scorpion is a poisonous arthropod. It is nocturnal and likes the tide and is afraid of dryness. It is very similar to the living habits of the rebel who was born in Yansui. It stands to reason that he is nicknamed "Scorpion", "Scorpion King" or "Scorpion Tail" at night. "It's also easy to understand.

However, adding the word "block" after scorpion is a bit confusing.

The original meaning of "block" was to refer to a clod of soil, and later it was extended into lumps and lumps.

This obviously does not match the image of a scorpion, and the nickname sounds even weirder.

It turns out that after this scorpion gives birth to scorpions, the scorpions will climb up the mother's back along the female scorpion's appendages.

A scorpion gives birth to about thirty babies at a time. The dense mass of young scorpions clings to the mother scorpion, like a whole lump of soil, and is called "scorpion lump" by the Yansui people.

This state of "scorpion lumps" is the most cruel and poisonous. Once food is scarce, the female scorpion will even disown her relatives and eat the male scorpion's head in order to feed her young.

Since Tuo Yangkun chose this nickname, he naturally wanted to express some determination and accusation.

I'm starving and I don't even recognize my relatives, let alone the other ghosts and ghosts who have any wishful thinking.

This time "Scorpion Block" Tuo Yangkun was so hungry that he dared to attack even Pingliang, a state city close to the important town of Guyuan.

"Do you really want to be defeated?" Although "Huntianxing" Hui Dengxiang is nicknamed with a mixed word, his mind is not messy.

"If we don't fight, where will we get food?" "Scorpion Chunk" Tuo Yangkun asked, he would do anything just for a bite to eat!

"Actually, King Shun has issued a heroic order in the past few days. If we answer the call and go, in the name of King Shun's benevolence and righteousness, he will not treat us badly!" Prime Minister Hui Deng hesitated and responded.

"How many people do others have under their command, and how many do we have under our command?" Tuo Yangkun sneered, "Is there such a thing as a pie in the sky? If we really lead troops there, I'm afraid life and death will not be up to us!"

"This... King Shun has always been benevolent and righteous, I must..." "Huntianxing" Hui Dengxiang hadn't finished speaking. He only heard "Scorpion Block" Tuo Yangkun making a "poof" sound and asking, "You have forgotten it." What's the matter with Chuang Wang?"

Um... "Huntianxing" Hui Dengxiang was speechless immediately.

It turned out that Gao Yingxiang, the "Chuang King", was plotting Zhang Shun's troops and territory in Luoyang, but Zhang Shun turned his army around and captured him with the help of "Chuang General" Li Zicheng, "Eight Kings" Zhang Xianzhong and "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai. Removed.

Although what Zhang Shun did was reasonable, he was the host and "Chuang King" Gao Yingxiang was the guest.

If something happens to the guest on the host's property, how can the host lose contact?

The "Scorpion Block" Tuo Yangkun was originally the general of the four teams under the "Chuang King" Gao Yingxiang, so his heart naturally favored Gao Yingxiang.

Although he didn't know the details, he simply believed that "King Shun" Zhang Shun had harmed Gao Yingxiang.

As for the rumored "Advocate General" Li Zicheng, "Eight Great Kings" Zhang Xianzhong and "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai, who were rumored to have done it themselves, they were naturally deceived by Zhang Shun.

This is where Zhang Shun was at a disadvantage compared to other rebels. Since he was not from Yansui, it was difficult for the rebels who had strong local concepts to regard him as one of their own.

Of course, there are disadvantages as well as advantages. Other rebels who have too strong a local concept will naturally develop a xenophobic mentality, which is not conducive to attracting foreign talents to join.

This is one of the reasons why Zhang Shun can better absorb the Heluo gentry, while other rebels are regarded as Qiu Yu.

"Actually, King Shun is not necessarily to blame for this matter..." After a long while, Prime Minister Hui Deng, the "Huntianxing", persuaded.

"I don't care. It happened in his territory. How dare he say that he can get away with it?" "Scorpion Block" Tuo Yangkun insisted.

Although Tuo Yangkun was once a subordinate of Gao Yingxiang, in fact, with the development of his own strength, he has established a separate position and has long been separated from Gao Yingxiang.

If Gao Yingxiang hadn't had an accident and the two of them looked up but didn't look down, there might have been some discord.

However, now that "Chuang King" Gao Yingxiang is dead, "Scorpion Block" Tuo Yangkun will naturally make every effort to express his loyalty to Gao Yingxiang so that he can use Gao Yingxiang's prestige to win over other rebels.

He thought very well about this battle. Once he could capture Pingliang, he could take the opportunity to use the prestige generated by the victory to integrate other rebels to compete with Zhang Shunxiang.

"Scorpion Block" Tuo Yangkun had a good idea, but after his troops arrived at Pingliang City, they were repelled by the officers and soldiers several times.

"Straight bitches, how come these sons of bitches are hiding in the city and refusing to come out!" Tuo Yangkun cursed.

"You have too many people under your command, and the battle will be chaotic and useless!" Prime Minister Huiden couldn't help but remind him after hearing this.

"Han Xin leads the troops, the more the merrier! How do you know I'm not the next Han Xin?" Tuo Yangkun, the "Scorpion Block", glared, as if he was about to quarrel.

"Han Xin? Is Han Xin unable to defeat a city after several days of fighting?" Prime Minister Huiden is also a rebellious person, so why should he be afraid of him?

Straight bitches, neither one nor the other is a fuel-efficient lamp! Tuo Yangkun cursed secretly, knowing that Prime Minister Hui Deng did not really believe him.

This Tuo Yangkun likes to coerce people and use bluff.

Although he had 30,000 men under his command this time, apart from the old and weak family members, he was only half of them strong, and only half of them had real weapons. Among them, there are only three to four thousand real elites, and their strength is not much higher than that of other rebels.

This "Huntianxing" Prime Minister Hui Deng only has eight or nine thousand men under his command. In fact, there are also three thousand elite and capable warriors. Of course, he is not afraid of how many "scorpions" he has.

The hard one is not enough, so I have to use the soft one.

Tuo Yangkun's tone softened and he asked: "Brother, what do you think of this matter?"

"This... before King Shun joined the rebel army, he always said that 'Cao's camp is good at fighting, and breaking into the camp is good at attacking'. Breaking into the camp and gouging out the city is a unique skill. Why don't we invite him to come and discuss important matters together?" Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Hui Deng smiled.

"That's right!" Tuo Yangkun slapped his forehead and thought to himself: How could I forget this brother?

He quickly wrote several letters and sent more than ten cavalrymen to search for the location of the "insurgent general" Li Zicheng.

Do you know why Pingliang Mansion is so difficult to attack? It turns out that there was a Pingliang Guard in this city, with five thousand households under its jurisdiction.

Later, after the Han Dynasty changed its vassal status from Kaiyuan to Liaodong, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, did not reduce his vassal status due to the grievances of not participating in the Jingnan incident.

Therefore, the imperial court moved the "Andong Middle Guard", the royal guard under his command, also here.

Pingliang is behind Guyuan and is also facing a certain military threat. There are still soldiers in the garrison who can be used. After the prefect of Pingliang and the garrison picked them, it was easy to pick out two or three thousand people who dared to defend the city and fire cannons. Pingliang City has no worries about keeping time.

However, the magistrate of Pingliang and the guards knew their own affairs and knew that they would not be able to guard them for long.

The prefect then signed a letter with the King of Han, sent soldiers out at night, and sent an early request for assistance to Liang Tingdong, the trilateral commander stationed in Guyuan.

Liang Tingdong held a letter in each hand, looking left and right, and couldn't help but wonder: "The palms and backs of my hands are all flesh, what should I do?"